Love Is Blind’s Taylor Rue Breaks Down Failed JP Pierce Engagement

Taylor Rue and JP Pierce discovered an instantaneous connection within the Love Is Blind pods, however their romance didn’t translate to the true world.

“The primary time I noticed it was on the reveal, however I attempted to not suppose an excessive amount of about that simply because it’s the primary time truly seeing one another,” Taylor, 26, solely instructed Us Weekly forward of the season 5 premiere. “I used to be nervous. I do know he was nervous, so I didn’t actually dig too deep into that till Mexico.”

Taylor and the firefighter, 32, discovered love on the Netflix experiment when it got here to Houston, they usually obtained engaged sight unseen. Following “reveal day,” Taylor thought their fixed PDA was a bit out of types.

“I simply bear in mind we saved kissing, saved kissing, saved kissing, and I used to be like, ‘We have to sit down and discuss,’” she recalled to Us. “And it was nearly like we didn’t know what to speak about and … I had by no means been in a state of affairs that was awkward, like that assembly, on an everyday date and so I used to be tremendous thrown off. I didn’t know easy methods to go about it, however that’s what made me really feel just a little bit bizarre.”

Taylor tried to push previous her nerves because the pair launched into their post-engagement trip to Mexico. There, the twosome’s communication broke down when she accused him of not eager to share his emotions. JP, for his half, lamented that he would have most well-liked if Taylor confirmed as much as the reveal with out all her “faux” make-up and eyelashes. His revelation led Taylor to hunt an alternate resort room for the night time.

“I used to be actually damage and I used to be additionally confused,” she instructed Us of listening to his criticism about her bodily look. “I used to be like, ‘There’s simply no means that our relationship is principally ending due to the best way I look.’ As a result of we had constructed such a robust connection between us and I used to be like, ‘That is my husband. We’re engaged.’”

She continued: “I used to be simply confused, actually, just a little bit damage, however extra confused than something.”

When Taylor awakened the following morning, she knowledgeable JP that she was now not thinking about residing with him or staying engaged.

“It wasn’t that night time that I used to be like, ‘Yep, I’m accomplished [and] calling it off.’ I did give it a while and I didn’t name it off [just] due to the make-up remark. Sure, it’s hurtful, however I might by no means finish a relationship due to an opinion,” Taylor defined to Us. “I left as a result of the model of JP that I fell in love with was now not there and that was scary to me. I used to be purported to go house and dwell with this particular person and I felt like I didn’t even know him in Mexico. So, I assumed lengthy and exhausting as a result of a part of me wished to remain and a part of me was like, ‘I’m accomplished. I’m going house.’”

Trying again, Taylor “completely” doesn’t remorse her determination to interrupt off her actuality TV engagement.

“I’ve by no means lived with a man earlier than and in order that’s a giant factor for me and a giant step in a relationship and we weren’t one hundred pc and I didn’t wish to do this,” she added. “I feel I made the precise selection as a result of I feel if I might’ve accomplished that, we’d in all probability not be on good phrases. There would have been plenty of hate between us after that.”

JP reached out to Taylor “proper after” the breakup, however she instructed Us that she was not prepared to talk with him. “[I] wanted a while to heal after which a pair months again, I reached out to him,” Taylor stated. “Our dialog was good, however we didn’t get deep and I nonetheless really feel like we would have liked to have that deeper dialog.”

Love Is Blind season 5 is presently streaming on Netflix. New episodes drop on Fridays.

With reporting by Christina Garibaldi